Improvement in breech-loading fire-arms



No. 175,297. Patented March 2a, 1876.

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Nv PETERS. PHOTO-LITHORAFHER. WASHINGTON, D C.

WILLIAM RT'PAPE, "OF NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE ENGLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN BREECH-LOADING FIRE-ARMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 75,297, dated March28, 1876 application filed September 30, 1875.

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM R. PAPE, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, in the countyof Northumberland, England, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a sufficiently clear and exact description thereof, thatany one skilled in such matters may construct and use the same.

This invention is an improvement on that class of breech-loadingfire-arms in which the barrels are pivoted to the breech-blocks and aretilted downward to open the breech, said barrels being providedwith twonotched lugs or projections on the under side thereof, and secured by abolt sliding in the breech-block catching into the notches of the lugs.The slide is moved out of the notches by means of a lever pivoted to thetop of the breechblock between the two hammers and is thrown back by aspring; and it consists in providing the barrels with an extra lug,placed between the two cartridge-chambers and a corresponding lug orprojection on the sliding bolt torrning part thereof, so arranged as toslide over the lug projecting from the ends of the barrels when thebreech, is closed, thus securely keeping the breech closed when thecartridge is discharged, as this lug is in the most advantageouspositionfor this purpose. Another advantage in the position of the lugis, it passes through the extractor and thereby forms a very strongguide to control the action of the extractor when the breech is opened,thus remedying the common fault of bending the shank of the extractorwhen the cartridge-shells stick in the chambers, either from being toosnug a fit or from other causes; but to describe my invention moreparticularly I will refer to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters refer to similar parts inthe different views, and in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectionalview, showing the breech closed. Fig. 2 is a side view, with the breechopen, showing the extra lug passing through the extractor. Fig. 3 is anend view of the barrels, and Fig. 4 is a plan of the sliding boltdetached.

Thebarrels a are pivoted to the breechblock b by the half-hinge joint athe other half of the joint being formed by the piece 0, which issecured to the barrels at its forward end by the ear 0 passing throughit, and a pin passing through the ear 0. On the under side of thebarrels a, between the joint a and the breech ends of them, are twonotched lugs, 01 d, which fit into mortises made vertically through thebreech-block b, and the bolt 0 slides in a-horizontal mortise in thebreechblock and engages into the notches in the lugs d and d when thebreech is closed. The sliding bolt 0 is also provided with a projection,0, at its upper part, which slides over the lug f projecting frombetween the ends of the barrels a.

The sliding bolt e is moved out of contact with the lugs 01,11, and f,by means of the lever g on the top of the tail-piece b of thebreech-block b, which is fastened to the crank g. The shank of it passesthrough the tailpiece b and the other end of it works into a notch orfork on the upper end of the sliding bolt 6. The sliding bolt is thrownback by the spring h.

The extractor z'is a flat piece of metal'let into the ends of thebarrels, and is flush with them when the breech is closed. It isrecessed with the cartridge-chambers for the flange of the cartridge tofit therein. To it is fastened a pin, '6, which passes through a holebetween the barrels, and extends forward, so as to come in contact withthe lip .09 standing up fromthe breech-block b just above the joint a,so that as the barrels are tilted downward the extractor is forced outbeyond the ends of the barrels, as shown at Fig. 2.

The extractor is also fitted over the lug j, which, forming a rigidguide therefor, insures its working properly if one of thecartridgeshells should stick in the chamber while being extracted, andthus prevents it getting bent, and, consequently, rendered useless, asoften happens to this kind ot' extractor.

(Patented in England May 9, 1874.)-

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patcut, is-

1. The combination of the two notched lugs tractor i, substantially ashereinbef'ore set (1 d, the sliding bolt 6, provided with the forth.projection e and the lug f, projecting from between the ends of thebarrels a a, and passv WILLIAM PAPE' ing through the extractor i,substantially as Witnesses: hereinbefore set forth. EVAN R. JONES,

,2. The lug f, in combination with the ex- R. ROWLAND JONES.

